Improvement in medicated bands or belts



W. W. VAUGHAN & J. J. THOM. Medicated Band or Belt;

No. 222,754. Patented Dec. 16, I879.

1g *wmm a u v v I WITNESSES: IN VENTOR:

N. PETERS. PHDYO-UTHQGRAPHER WASHING) UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

W'ILLIAM'W. VAUGHAN AND JOEL J. THOM, OF BROWNSVILLE, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEDICATED BANDS OR BELT S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No- 222,754, dated December 16, 1879; application filed July 23, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, WILLIAM W. VAUGHAN and JOEL J. THoM, of Brownsville, in the county of Saline and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Medicated Band or Belt, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a plan of the band, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same on line w m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish a remedy and preventive of fever and ague.

The invention consists in saturating hemp,

' jute, cotton, or other'material, in rope form thoroughly tested in many cases of fever and ague, and in no case has itfailcd in establishing a complete cure, while its use hasin many instances most undoubtedly prevented attacks of chills.

The strap is to be buckled around the body next to the skin and worn until all the symptoms of malaria are entirely eradicated from the system. The virtues of the tar are absorbed into the body through the skin.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As a new article of manufacture, a medt catcd belt of fabric corded at top and bottom with ropes saturated with tar, which extend the entire length of the belt, the said belt being provided with a buckle or other suitable device'for fastening the same, for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM WATTS VAUGHAN. JOEL JAMES THOM.

Witnesses:

J OHN M. BELLAMY, U. 0. WELLS. 

